2. Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. Starrcade: The Gathering
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEIQI6ycj5I The NWA US Championship was up for grabs in this I Quit match. Magnum T.A was hugely popular and the closest thing in terms of popularity the NWA had to Hogan. Original plans had him winning the NWA Championship in the near future, but a car accident left T.A paralysed and unable to wrestle ever again. This is one of the most brutal matches from the eighties, long before ECW had influenced the business, and there are few matches that can match the sheer passion on display. Both men use the cage to cut the other open. Blanchard suffers a cut on his arm, only for Magnum to bite it, with the champion screaming in pain. Blanchard smacks the microphone into Magnums bloodied face, before Baby Doll throws a chair to the champion. Blanchard breaks the wooden chair, finds the sharpest piece and tries to stab Magnum in the eye. The wood hovers dangerously close over the eye, before the challenger escapes and drags another piece of wood into Blanchards head. The champion gives up and Magnum T.A becomes the TV Champion.